Flattering, but we'll see if you're still saying that when I organize the Space Hide and Seek League.
[ jenna knows her priorities and suggestions seem superficial to some people-- not tyke, and jenna loves her a little more every single time she doesn't treat the gap between their understandings of the world like jenna's stupid, because she's not a warrior or a superhero or a secret agent, she's just a grad student with a few new extras now-- but she's perfectly fine being the weird ginger chick who might be a hippie, as long as enough people listen and take the hint.
guns and science might keep them safe and get them from place to place, but a little normality will keep them all sane. ]
As long as they're hiding + seeking in the gardens, no problem.
[Because Taylor knows she isn't good at the stuff that Jenna's good at, and as much as fists and guns and brute strength might go some way to keeping people safe, keeping them contained in a reasonably peaceful manner is another matter.]
t e x t » i have whale noises for you and this thread
There's nothing wrong with being like you, Tyke. I like being me just fine, don't get me wrong, but that doesn't mean everyone needs to be. And I know for a fact there's plenty I can learn from you, because I already have.
Don't-- you're a good person. Don't sell yourself short.
[That there's nothing wrong in being like Taylor. That she's a good person. There's a lot Jenna doesn't know about her, about where she came from, what she's done. So she can't know that.]
I do. And before you say it-- no, I don't know your past. I don't know what you did before you met me, or if you were a person I'd like or if I'd approve of your life choices, fill in the blank with whatever it is making you think there's something... lacking, since I can't find a better word.
What I know is that I've known you for almost a solid year now, and I like to think I can make accurate judgement calls a lot faster than that. Whoever you used to be, right now you're someone I respect and care about. A lot, on both counts. That's the part that matters.
[ because in the year they've known each other, she hasn't seen anything that might shake tyke's faith in her general worth as a person; it doesn't take a super genius to see whatever is sticking for her, it happened before they met. ]
Edited (MUST HAVE THE PERFECT PHRASING!!!! /edits a million stupid things i'm sorry) 2012-11-03 01:01 (UTC)
[Because that's what happens. People realise, they find out just how much of a fuck up Taylor is - a freak - and then they leave. The only one she really believes (hopes) it might be different with is Tommy, and even then, there's still a part of her just waiting for him to change his mind.]
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t e x t
[ jenna knows her priorities and suggestions seem superficial to some people-- not tyke, and jenna loves her a little more every single time she doesn't treat the gap between their understandings of the world like jenna's stupid, because she's not a warrior or a superhero or a secret agent, she's just a grad student with a few new extras now-- but she's perfectly fine being the weird ginger chick who might be a hippie, as long as enough people listen and take the hint.
guns and science might keep them safe and get them from place to place, but a little normality will keep them all sane. ]
t e x t
[Because Taylor knows she isn't good at the stuff that Jenna's good at, and as much as fists and guns and brute strength might go some way to keeping people safe, keeping them contained in a reasonably peaceful manner is another matter.]
t e x t » i have whale noises for you and this thread
Anything else I should be doing in here, other than trying to keep general calm where I can?
t e x t » :E :E :E
You don't want to be like me.
General calm is a whole fucking lot.
Thanks, Jenna.
t e x t » i'm sorry i just have so many EMOTIONS </tumblr>
Don't-- you're a good person. Don't sell yourself short.
And you're welcome.
t e x t » and it's just getting worse
[That there's nothing wrong in being like Taylor. That she's a good person. There's a lot Jenna doesn't know about her, about where she came from, what she's done. So she can't know that.]
t e x t » excuse me while i make this worse
What I know is that I've known you for almost a solid year now, and I like to think I can make accurate judgement calls a lot faster than that. Whoever you used to be, right now you're someone I respect and care about. A lot, on both counts. That's the part that matters.
[ because in the year they've known each other, she hasn't seen anything that might shake tyke's faith in her general worth as a person; it doesn't take a super genius to see whatever is sticking for her, it happened before they met. ]
t e x t
[Because that's what happens. People realise, they find out just how much of a fuck up Taylor is - a freak - and then they leave. The only one she really believes (hopes) it might be different with is Tommy, and even then, there's still a part of her just waiting for him to change his mind.]
t e x t
Can't do this now need to work.
[Can't cut the feed with texts, but she won't respond to any more.]
t e x t
Because this kind of stuff is my thing and I'm absolutely not wrong, but we don't have to talk about it. You should just know I'm still 100% sure.
[ well this just rocketed her involvement here from about a hundred percent to a zillion. ]
I'll see you later, and stay warm.